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Boeing began assembling the first B-737/900ER

Seattle, Usa - The model destined to the launch customer Lion Air

Boeing yesterday began final assembly of the first 737-900ER (Extended Range), the newest member of the world’s most successful single-aisle airplane family. The wings and landing gear are being joined to the 737-900ER fuselage in the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton, Wash. Last-stage assembly and interiors installation will begin once the airplane joins the moving assembly line. The 737 derivative i...

fra/pec - 142045
Rome, Italy, 06/01/2006 13:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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